I loved the Tonka toys when I was a kid, but their commercials have a way of selling the excitement of their toys that at times borders on criminal. You would think that the Power Punchers either “packed a punch” or that you punched something to get it working. Neither was true — Instead they were just well made wind up toys.

I loved Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures, of course, but for some odd reason, the hero of my collection was this guy, A. J. Foyt. Apparently there is a real A. J. Foyt. I know nothing about him and wouldn’t even recognize him if I saw him. I loved his action figure, though, as you can see in this review.

Released by Tonka in 1986, the Super Naturals should have been a classic toyline. They were amazing to look at with great detail and wonderful theming. They also were holographic which was the height of technology in the mid 1980s. Oh, and their weapons glowed in the dark. To me that was a toy trifecta. I thought these Super Naturals were the Bee’s Knees, but for some reason they just couldn’t catch on. Maybe the market was just too saturated at this point or perhaps the whole sword and sorcery theme was not in vogue enough at the time.

How this ad from the UK with its chanting did not make this a million unit seller over there is beyond me…